Vol. 12, Special Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Sunkara Jairam, Sai Chandu and Venugopal S

Abstract:
The study was conducted on 900 Japanese quail chicks to study the performance in hot and humid conditions of Puducherry. Japanese quail chicks were reared in a cage system from day-old to marketing age (5 weeks) at a livestock farm complex, RIVER. During the first two weeks, the chicks are fed with a starter ration followed by a grower ration. Body weight, weight gain, Feed intake, FCR, Survivability, and cost of quail production were studied during the experimental period. Body weight obtained at five weeks of age was 220g with the maximum weight gain of 57g/bird during the third week of age. An FCR of 2.46 was recorded and overall mortality was 2.33%. High feed costs and poor marketing are the most significant problems of quail farming. It was observed that quail farming can be considered an enterprise as it is profitable.